edu.nyu.jet.lex

Class Lexicon

java.lang.Object

edu.nyu.jet.lex.Lexicon

public class Lexicon
extends Object

provides (static) data structures for storing and looking up word definitions.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Lexicon()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	addEntry(String[] words, FeatureSet fs) adds fs to the lexicon as a definition of words
static void	addEntry(String[] words, FeatureSet fs, String type)
static int	annotateWithDefinitions(Document doc, int posn) annotateWithDefinitions looks for the longest defined lexical item consisting of the tokens starting at position posn; if such an item is found, then for each definition of this item, an annotation of type constit is added to the item, with the item's definition as its attributes.
static void	annotateWithDefinitions(Document doc, int start, int end)
static void	clear() clears the entire lexicon (remove all entries).
static boolean	clearEntry(String[] words) removes the definition (if any) for lexical item words.
static FeatureSet[]	lookUp(String[] words) return an array of the definitions (FeatureSets) associated with the lexical item words, or null if there are no definitions associated with this lexical item.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Lexicon

public Lexicon()

Method Detail

clear

public static void clear()

clears the entire lexicon (remove all entries).

clearEntry

public static boolean clearEntry(String[] words)

removes the definition (if any) for lexical item words.

Returns:

true if an entry is found for the item.

addEntry

public static void addEntry(String[] words,
            FeatureSet fs)

adds fs to the lexicon as a definition of words

addEntry

public static void addEntry(String[] words,
            FeatureSet fs,
            String type)

lookUp

public static FeatureSet[] lookUp(String[] words)

return an array of the definitions (FeatureSets) associated with the lexical item words, or null if there are no definitions associated with this lexical item.

annotateWithDefinitions

public static int annotateWithDefinitions(Document doc,
                          int posn)

annotateWithDefinitions looks for the longest defined lexical item consisting of the tokens starting at position posn; if such an item is found, then for each definition of this item, an annotation of type constit is added to the item, with the item's definition as its attributes.

Returns:

the end position of this lexical item

annotateWithDefinitions

public static void annotateWithDefinitions(Document doc,
                           int start,
                           int end)